About Positive Response Dog Training

Our Motto: A dog is for LIFE – not just LIFESTYLE!

Positive Response was created by Dee Scott, a nationally qualified trainer, with over 30 years of extensive experience in the dog world. Her vision and passion is to assist and educate people to get the best out of their dogs. In 2005, the business was created as a small, part time venture with just the owner Dee operating it. Classes were run on a Saturday only. The business HAS GROWN rapidly and has expanded to what it is today. An Award Winning business with a team of amazing, experienced and fully qualified staff providing a variety of training options for our clients. Our business has always used reward based and force-free training methods only.

Force Free Training is NOT just about food!

Operant conditioning – as it’s known – is a method of learning that occurs when an animal makes an association between a behaviour (sit) and the reward (food, toys, pat). The reward helps to increase the animal’s behaviour so that it earns as it learns.

We can find examples of operant conditioning at work all around us, such as children completing homework to earn a reward from a teacher, or employees finishing projects to receive praise or promotions. In these examples, the promise or possibility of rewards causes an increase in behavior. We can also use operant conditioning to decrease a behavior. Your dog jumps on you and you ignore the behaviour, turning and walking away. The behaviour (jumping) leads to the consequence (being ignored) and the behaviour decreases.

“Owners want to be able to walk their dogs, have them come when called and be good citizens at the end of the lead. No one likes or wants an uncontrollable pet.” Using force free methods works!

Educational Institution Affiliations to provide placement opportunities for students studying in the animal industry

As a business, we endeavour to provide an excellent standard of service to the whole community by ensuring our staff are well trained. All staff are trained through the business and must complete an external national qualification of cert IV in Companion Animal Services or higher.

Positive Response has become a household name and we are proud of our achievements!